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Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate, Chief Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has accused outgoing Governor Rotimi Amaechi of channelling N11billion into the Buhari Campaign Organisation between December 2014 and January 2015.
Wike claimed that the Government House and the Office of the Secretary to the State Government were used by the governor to disburse the money to the campaign outfit.
He therefore accused Governor Amaechi of running the most corrupt government in the country, alleging that between January and November 2014, the governor squandered over N298billion which accrued to the state from the Federation Account and loans he obtained from some commercial banks.Wike made the allegations at the PDP governorship campaign rally in Port Harcourt Local Government Area, yesterday. He said that the massive corrupt expenditure of over N300billion for 2014 and the first month of 2015 excludes the internally generated revenue of the state, which has been pegged at several billions of naira monthly.
Giving a breakdown of the alleged corrupt practices by the governor, Wike stated that between January and November 2014, the Amaechi administration received N185billion from the Federation Account.
He added that within the period under review, the administration took N112billion loans from four banks.
Wike said: “These are facts duly obtained from government sources. They are not newspaper reports. They are authenticated facts of revenue received by the outgoing government of Rotimi Amaechi. Before the people of Nigeria, his is the most corrupt administration ever seen in this state. An administration that has shortchanged our people.
“From the details of expenditure at our disposal, these funds have been used to sponsor opposition activities and the campaigns of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Most of the monies were channelled to non-existent or non-functional projects, with the funds pocketed by the outgoing governor.
“For instance, Amaechi paid N500million for a non-existent new bridge in Abonnema. He paid N2billion for the Trans-Kalabari Road where nothing has been done by his administration. For the Port Harcourt Centenary celebration, Amaechi expended almost N1billion and he released N1.7billion for the production of international passports.”
The PDP standard bearer stated that the outgoing administration spent N330million on the protection of Rivers State from terrorism.
He said that the lack of accountability in the Amaechi administration explained why he is fronting known cultists to succeed him, declaring that the Rivers political leadership and their followership have resolved never to allow another corrupt administration to emerge from the Amaechi’s corrupt camp.
Also at the rally, the PDP National Deputy Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, alleged that Amaechi had procured Army, Naval and Police uniforms to be distributed to his political thugs from the state and others imported from the North to ensure that they rigged the election if it had been held on February 14.
He said the same procurement of uniforms was carried by All Progressives Congress, APC governors, adding that the plan of the opposition is to plunge the country into a needless crisis.
Secondus said despite APC’s evil machinations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP will win the forthcoming elections.
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara said Amaechi failed the people of Rivers by squandering their resources with no projects on ground.
Source: Nigerian Pilot
Wike claimed that the Government House and the Office of the Secretary to the State Government were used by the governor to disburse the money to the campaign outfit.
He therefore accused Governor Amaechi of running the most corrupt government in the country, alleging that between January and November 2014, the governor squandered over N298billion which accrued to the state from the Federation Account and loans he obtained from some commercial banks.Wike made the allegations at the PDP governorship campaign rally in Port Harcourt Local Government Area, yesterday. He said that the massive corrupt expenditure of over N300billion for 2014 and the first month of 2015 excludes the internally generated revenue of the state, which has been pegged at several billions of naira monthly.
Giving a breakdown of the alleged corrupt practices by the governor, Wike stated that between January and November 2014, the Amaechi administration received N185billion from the Federation Account.
He added that within the period under review, the administration took N112billion loans from four banks.
Wike said: “These are facts duly obtained from government sources. They are not newspaper reports. They are authenticated facts of revenue received by the outgoing government of Rotimi Amaechi. Before the people of Nigeria, his is the most corrupt administration ever seen in this state. An administration that has shortchanged our people.
“From the details of expenditure at our disposal, these funds have been used to sponsor opposition activities and the campaigns of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. Most of the monies were channelled to non-existent or non-functional projects, with the funds pocketed by the outgoing governor.
“For instance, Amaechi paid N500million for a non-existent new bridge in Abonnema. He paid N2billion for the Trans-Kalabari Road where nothing has been done by his administration. For the Port Harcourt Centenary celebration, Amaechi expended almost N1billion and he released N1.7billion for the production of international passports.”
The PDP standard bearer stated that the outgoing administration spent N330million on the protection of Rivers State from terrorism.
He said that the lack of accountability in the Amaechi administration explained why he is fronting known cultists to succeed him, declaring that the Rivers political leadership and their followership have resolved never to allow another corrupt administration to emerge from the Amaechi’s corrupt camp.
Also at the rally, the PDP National Deputy Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, alleged that Amaechi had procured Army, Naval and Police uniforms to be distributed to his political thugs from the state and others imported from the North to ensure that they rigged the election if it had been held on February 14.
He said the same procurement of uniforms was carried by All Progressives Congress, APC governors, adding that the plan of the opposition is to plunge the country into a needless crisis.
Secondus said despite APC’s evil machinations, President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP will win the forthcoming elections.
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara said Amaechi failed the people of Rivers by squandering their resources with no projects on ground.
Source: Nigerian Pilot
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